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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
372 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
256 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
372 days
198 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
27 days
156 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
July 1 - September 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
November 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
134 days
101 days
Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
279 days
125 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
343 days
218 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
372 days
216 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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59 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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108 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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256 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
31 days
64 days
Gillian MacMullin
Sydney
26 days
93 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
197 days
137 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
233 days
151 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
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Deanne Malenfant
North Sydney
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Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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36 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
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59 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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168 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
October 1 2019 - September 30 2020
Next Update: 
November 2020
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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